Posted on 05/08/2026 7:27:37 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — City officials have released body camera footage showing last year’s arrest of Victoria Lang from a McDonald’s in Wichita Falls, Texas. Former police officer Daniel Wilson has been indicted in connection with the case.
On August 26, 2025, former Wichita Falls Police officers Wilson and Douglas Gulley were called to the McDonald’s in response to a person refusing to leave the restroom.
At the scene, Wilson and Gulley found Victoria Lang, 21, in the bathroom. She refused to identify herself or provide identification to the officers.
The footage shows Wilson and Gulley carrying Lang out of the restroom and building, forcing her to the ground outside. While removing her bag from her, Wilson is seen forcefully putting his hand on Lang’s neck and pushing her down.
Lang tries to stand up, but Wilson pushes her back to the ground and commands her to stay down. Then, Wilson grabs her by the ankles and drags her into the parking lot to the squad car.
Gulley and Wilson then pick Lang up and put her into the back of the squad car on her stomach with her legs twisted into the figure-four hold position.
During this time, neither officer gives Lang verbal commands to move. Lang was not combative, not yelling or screaming, and not creating a scene, a report released earlier this month found.
The full 20-minute video of the arrest can be watched below:
Following her arrest, Lang had been charged with interfering with public duties and resisting arrest. Those charges have been dropped.
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Body came video in the article.
God bless the folks that can suck it up and deal with this BS. My neighbor is LEO and some of the stories are absurd x 10 what they deal with daily. I’d likely be in jail.
Wichita Falls... Worst place I ever lived.
“As Wichita falls so falls Wichita Falls.”
“As Wichita falls so falls Wichita Falls.”
One of my all-time favorite records.
mark
They had every right to stop her from going into her purse when she tried to. Looks like she had a butterfly knife in her possession, which (I don’t know about that state) is probably legal, but it lends credence to the reason why they had reasonable cause to stop her from going in there.
Regardless of the reporting repeating ‘they did not verbally instruct her’, she was completely non-compliant and obstructing.
Granted, I feel like the officers should have tried to be more patient and deliberate with her, but on the other hand, they have the right to detain her under the circumstances.
Having first established those facts, they would then have cause to make an arrest and use the force needed to obtain compliance, but no more.
They don't seem to have investigated much and then used force against a compliant suspect. That's why they were charged. Which is as it should be. They're supposed to be professionals.
Step two -- Note who the footage makes look bad really.
Step three -- Limit use of police body cams.
review
bflr
I really think there should be a mandatory 5 year prison sentence for anyone who resists arrest. Answer the officer’s questions. Do what the officer tells you. Every time. Fight it out in court later, but don’t fight the police on the street.
And it should be like the Miranda Rights — “Everything you say can and will be used against you ...” That one is repeated on every cop show in the country, and has been repeated for 50 years. Everyone knows it. So do that with the new law — make darn sure that everyone in the Hood understands — if you give the cops a hard time, it’s 5 years in prison. If you run from the cops — it’s 5 years in prison. If you lay hands on the cop — it’s 5 years in prison.
The entitled people need an attitude adjustment.
Come on guys, this is white on N and that’s not legal we can’t have N’s arrested
They did ask the manager about banning her and she said yes. He said when asking her for ID, which she had, that he can’t ban her without her name. She was purposely just being a malcontent and non-compliant to a lawful order. She is one who thinks the law doesn’t apply to her.
Watch her get a payday since some pansy judge or DA dropped the charges against her and indicted the officer. IMO, police around the nation should have a strike and see what happens. I am all about policing the police (I was one for many years) for bad actors, but this is not one and it is ridiculous and every loser that watches this video now knows what to do to get a payday.
A brother cop team?
“They should have asked the manager if he or she wanted her trespassed.”
Watch the video.
Typical proof-reading evident these days. You could tell in their tone the writers are on the side of the suspect.
Daniel Wilson, Douglas Gulley
Nope
Crappy writing by the youngsters in the “media”.
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